Pentacles by Roy, Sabarna

Pentacles (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789380154824)

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Format: Paperback
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Pentacles by Roy, Sabarna

Pentacles

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Pentacles by Roy, Sabarna

Pentacles

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Format: Paperback
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Pentacles comprises one long story and four short poems by Sabarna Roy. The work delightfully bridges the gap between the mundane and arcane writings of today and provides an interesting, yet intellectually stimulating, treat for the discerning reader. New Life is a long story written from the perspective of a successful adult whose mother had deserted the family for another man. The teenage angst and the scars it has left behind on the psyche of the protagonist are subtly reflected in the character. The different elements and characters of the story are beautifully interwoven to produce an intense and compelling story of an adult haunted by the trauma of being deserted by his mother. The work is interspersed with thought-provoking views on issues like love and socio-economic conditions in India. The traditional rhyme and metre dominated poems are on love, loss and longing. Unshackled by the bonds of rhyme and metre, Sabarna s free verses evoke the stark reality of urban life, hitting you straight in the guts. The use of everyday urban imagery adds to the appeal of the compositions. The concrete prison of urban life and the unfulfilled desire to escape to a simple life is aptly brought out in The Tower. The other poems of the collection are more biographical in nature with the protagonist being the member of the fairer sex. The free verses sketch out their life story with its attendant pathos, poignancy and logic. The best part of all the compositions is that the reader will definitely identify with the poet and will, in one form or other, have similar stories to narrate.

Author: Sabarna Roy
ISBN-10: 9380154828
ISBN-13: 9789380154824
Publisher: Frog in Well
Language: English
Published: 09/25/2010
Pages: 86
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.21d
By Sabarna Roy
By Sabarna Roy
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Sabarna Roy, 43, is a qualified Civil Engineer from Jadavpur University, Calcutta. He works in a senior management position in a manufacturing and engineering construction company. Sabarna is widely travelled in India and lives in Calcutta with his family. He is an avid reader and movie buff. He started writing during his university days, mostly English and Bengali poems. He stopped writing after he left university and took up employment. After a gap of 19 years, he started writing once again mostly to reconnect with himself. In the period of 19 years when he did not write, he spent his non-working hours reading, listening to music and watching world cinema. He loves reading Tolstoy, Chekhov, Rabinderanath, Eliot, Manik Bandopadhyay, Satyajit Ray, Kundera and Pamuk the most. He is hooked onto Mozart, Turkish and Egyptian music and M S Subbalaxmi. In cinema his favourites are Aparajito, Pratidwandi, Rashoman, Eight-and-a Half, Breathless, Head-on, Birds, Vertigo, Sunset Boulevard, Sacrifice, Garam Hawa and Tare Zameen Par.

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